The New Avengers, Series 1 — Episode 4
The Midas Touch
by Brian Clemens
Directed by Robert Fuest
Production details
Produced:April, 1976Regional broadcasts
Broadcaster | Date | Time |
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Thames Television | 9/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
ATV Midlands | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Granada Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Anglia Television | 9/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Border Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Channel Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Grampian Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Southern Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Scottish Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Tyne Tees Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Ulster Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Westward Television | 19/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
Harlech Television | 24/10/1976 | 7.50pm |
Yorkshire Television | 12/11/1976 | 8.00pm |
This episode was shown in the Netherlands before it was broadcast on any ITV region in the UK, see below.
TV Times listing



8.0 The New Avengers
Patrick Macnee
Gareth Hunt
Joanna Lumley in
The Midas Touch
with John Carson
Ed Devereaux
Meet a man who bleeds gold, a man whose merest touch spells death—and it’s Purdey he’s grabbing for. And Gambit fights a Chinese monster, while Steed saves a Princess from assassination.
John Steed | Patrick Macnee |
Mike Gambit | Gareth Hunt |
Purdey | Joanna Lumley |
Freddy | John Carson |
Vann | Ed Devereaux |
Hong Kong Harry | Ronald Lacey |
Turner | David Swift |
Lieutenant | Jeremy Child |
Curator | Robert Mill |
Garvin | Ray Edwards |
Midas | Gilles Millinaire |
Sing | Pik-Sen Lim |
Doctor | Chris Tranchell |
Tayman | Lionel Guyett |
Simpson | Geoffrey Bateman |
Writer Brian Clemens; Director Robert Fuest


International broadcasts
ABN2 Sydney, Australia | 16/02/1977 | 8.30pm |
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ABQ2 Brisbane, Australia | 16/02/1977 | 8.30pm |
ABV2 Melbourne, Australia | 16/02/1977 | 8.30pm |
ABS2 Adelaide, Australia | 16/02/1977 | 8.30pm |
CBS New York, USA | 1/12/1978 | 11.30pm |
TF1 France | 28/12/1976 | 8.30pm |
Suisse Romande, Switzerland | 23/11/1967 | 8.15pm |
French title | Le Baiser de Midas | |
ZDF Germany | 29/06/1978 | 9.45pm |
German title | Gold | |
KRO Netherlands | 14/10/1976 | 8.25pm |
Dutch title | Midas | |
Italy | 3/08/1978 | 10.05pm |
Italian title | Il tocco di Mida | |
Spain | 28/04/81 | 11.05pm |
Spanish title | El toque de Midas | |
CXY Winnipeg, Canada | 31/03/1977 | 10.00pm |
Televisyen Malaysia PR1 | 10/11/1977 | 7.26pm |
TV Singupura 5 | - | - |
This episode was shown in the Netherlands on October 14 1976, ten days before it was broadcast on any ITV region in the UK. Both this episode and House of Cards before it on October 7 1976 were broadcast before any ITV region showed any episodes of The New Avengers at all.
TV Singapura appears to have not shown this episode.











Continuity and trivia
At 12:11 the Aston Martin passes a green car, pursued by Gambit’s Jaguar and the scene is repeated from a different camera angle at 12:26.
The Transport
Marque | Colour | Number Plate |
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Land Rover LWB Series II open tray | olive green | ? |
Land Rover LWB Series III Station | olive green/off white | MUD 564E |
Gambit’s Jaguar XJ-S [XJ27] 1976 | red | NRW 875P |
Aston Martin DBS V8 1968 | yellow | MCO 731P |
Steed’s Rover 3500 SD1 Automatic 1976 | lemon | MOC 229P |
Ford Anglia 1966 | burgundy | EYM 726L |
Range Rover Series I 1976 | white | KXC 376L |
Ford Escort van Mk I 1974 | white | W 1225 |
Who’s Killing Whom?
Victim | Killer | Method |
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Tayman | (other henchmen) | shot to prevent spead of infection |
(lots of party guests) | Midas | infects punch bowl with his hands |
Boz | Purdey | kicked off building |
Freddy | self/Midas | drives off cliff after finding himself infected by Midas |
Professor Turner | Midas | hit in face during struggle, and dies from infection |

The Fashions
- Gambit’s fashions
- Purdey’s fashions
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- scallop necked cream with brown pattern blouse & shorts with sheer shawl and skirt, matching shoes
- yellow, orange and white crocheted coat, rollneck, hat and skirt, 2 long vert vents in front of skirt
- brown and green British Army camouflage jacket and trousers with khaki t-shirt
- lilac and white Catherine Buckley dress with looped buttons, scarf at neck
- Steed’s fashions